Salisbury police were out all day Aug. 26, along the South Pike Avenue area of South Mountain which is a notorious speeding pathway for motorists making their way up the long uphill roadway upgrade.

Salisbury Police Department Sgt. Bryan Losagio, the department’s roadway enforcement officer, said the speed enforcement detail resulted in 91 total vehicle stops, with 87 citations issued.

“Tickets issued ranged from speeding to driving without a license, to suspended registration plates, for dropping insurance and unpaid excessive tolls, to driving with an expired inspection or fraudulent inspection stickers,” Losagio said. “The top three highest speed violations recorded were 78, 74 and 73 mph in the posted 40 mph speed zone.”

“Our department takes unsafe and aggressive driving seriously” Losagio said. “With nearly 40,000 traffic-related deaths per year in the U.S., with speeding being a contributing factor in many of those, we target those driving at an excessive rate of speed.

“Today marks the first day of school for many school districts which means more traffic will be on the roadways and more children will be walking to and from school or waiting on the side of the road for their bus. Although this was, so to speak, the season finale for targeted speed enforcement under the aggressive driving grant, our department will continue enforcement in an attempt to curb aggressive driving.”